Neuroptera in two protected sand dune areas in the southern rim of the Pannonian Plain
| Main Authors: | Devetak, Dušan, Jakšić, Predrag, Klenovšek, Tina, Klokočovnik, Vesna, Podlesnik, Jan, Janžekovič, Franc, Ivajnšič, Danijel |
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| Other Authors: | Plazi |
| Format: | Proceeding Journal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2019
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/3569401 |
Daftar Isi:
- The Pannonian Plain is large sedimentary lowlands in Central/south-eastern Europe. Two protected sand dune areas in the southern rim of the Pannonian Plain were surveyed for the presence of Neuroptera. Đurđevac sands in Croatia is a special geographical and botanical reserve, occupying only about 0.2 km2, whereas Special Nature Reserve Deliblato sands in the Vojvodina province, Serbia, covers about 300 km2. Among other lacewings, a few rare antlion species were observed in these reserves. The green lacewing Chrysopa commata was recorded for the first time in Croatia. The vegetation dynamics of the study areas was determined with a multispectral LANDSAT satellite imagery. As a result of the ecological succession (in both reserves) and afforestation (in Deliblato sands) in the past, the rate of the habitat loss and degradation processes of the sand dune ecosystems have increased to a level less suitable for the antlions assemblages.